Tag: United Nations
Buhari departs for France
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Friday for Paris, France, to participate in the first edition of the Paris Peace Forum which opens...
10 unforgettable quotes by Kofi Annan
Former Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Kofi Annan, died on Saturday at the age of 80.
The Ghanaian born Nobel Peace Prize winner...
BREAKING: Former UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, dies at 80
Former United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has died at the age of 80 after a short illness, his family and foundation announced...
Areas reclaimed from Boko Haram must be stabilised – UN deputy...
UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, said it was critical to shore up areas of Lake Chad Basin that have been freed from the...
3 UN workers, 8 others killed in Boko Haram attack
Three workers for United Nations agencies and eight others were killed in an attack by armed Boko Haram militants on a military near Nigeria’s...
Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed appointed UN deputy sec-gen
Incoming United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday appointed Nigeria's Environment Minister, Amina Mohammed, as his deputy secretary-general amid a push by more than...
Forgery trial: Ekweremadu cries to UN, EU, US, UK, others
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Tuesday wrote the United Nations, European Union, United States Congress, European Union Parliament, Governments of United States,...
Simeon Adebo’s wife dies 11 days to her 95th birthday
The family of the late Chief Simeon Adebo, the first Head of Service in the old Western Region, on Tuesday announced the death of...
Shocker: Tennis star, Maria Sharapova, fails drugs test, Nike suspends relationship...
Former world number one tennis player, Maria Sharapova, has revealed she failed a drugs test at the Australian Open.
Sharapova, 28, tested positive for meldonium,...
Boko Haram attacks keep one million children from school
The Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring countries has forced more than 1 million children out of school, heightening the risk they will...